Unusual trees

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John Henley photographed a series of beautiful and breathtaking images of the Great Dismal Swamp for our December 2011 feature "The Green Island." We published nine images in the magazine, but offer an expanded selection of 22 in this slideshow.

There are many unusual trees native to Yemen, South Africa, New Zealand, and other areas of the world that are perfect for creating a stunning landscape, such as Chinese wisteria, baobab, rainbow eucalyptus, and the Socotra dragon tree. #unusual #trees

Nature can be a little creepy.

Let's face it, all trees are pretty amazing, but these ten are the world's most unusual trees and they are all interesting in their own individual ways.

These are ten of the worlds most amazing and unusual leaves and some of them look like they have come from an alien planet...

Trees have been around for about 370 million years, and as you can from these incredible pictures, there's a good reason why they've survived for so long. Whether they're growing in the middle of gale-force winds, on the tops of rocky platforms, inside concrete tunnels, or even growing out of each other, these beautiful trees know how to survive in places where no other life finds a way. Which explains why the planet is host to around 3 trillion adult trees that cover an estimated 30% of the…